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HJSON seems a lot simpler and closer to JSON than YAML. And.. yeah, for human processing/reading/writing, ignoring trailing commas and having comment does impr

by zobzu 12y ago

HJSON seems a lot simpler and closer to JSON than YAML. And.. yeah, for human processing/reading/writing, ignoring trailing commas and having comment does improve JSON IMO. I don't know why JSON is so strict in fact. Virtually everyone forgets to NOT have the last comma of a list all the time. Now then again HJSON is +1 standard and incompatible with JSON so im not sure how that'll take off.

ngcazz 12y ago
But YAML is a superset of JSON.
- dazmax 12y ago
  But if you start leaving commas out of your JSON, it's no longer valid YAML.
  - pdw 12y ago
    Not only can you omit the commas, you can even omit the braces. JSON: { 'one': 1, 'two': 2 } YAML: one: 1 two: 2
iLoch 12y ago
I don't know about your comma statement. I never have a problem writing symantically correct JSON by hand - though there are limited use cases where you should need to do so anyway. If your IDE isn't marking invalid JSON syntax you need a better IDE.
- zobzu 12y ago
  I dont think syntax highlighting should excuse an unnecessarily complex syntax
  - iLoch 12y ago
    `join(',')` is complex? Also why is this even an issue? Use a JSON library.
    - zobzu 12y ago
      having enforced commas except for the last in list is complex. if you're just looking for a random useless argument, go to the bar.